tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post6635542346121833623..comments2024-03-02T07:09:08.458-05:00Comments on J and J Productions: Hunger Games: Catching Fire ReviewJames the Reviewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00165238905288033483noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-59590738314178249852013-12-13T08:42:01.533-05:002013-12-13T08:42:01.533-05:00Thank you Sarah! That is what my friend told me in...Thank you Sarah! That is what my friend told me in regards to how accurate the film is to the book. I only felt the movie was slightly bloated, and that is only because some of the love triangle scenes felt longer than necessary, but other than that, it was one of the shortest two and a half hour movie I have seen in a long time.<br /><br />-JamesJames the Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165238905288033483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-61996290260820615622013-12-13T08:02:51.851-05:002013-12-13T08:02:51.851-05:00Catching Fire is certainly superior to the overrat...Catching Fire is certainly superior to the overrated Hunger Games. <br /><br />-JamesJames the Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165238905288033483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-80258638877455856422013-12-12T20:41:31.556-05:002013-12-12T20:41:31.556-05:00Thanks Daniel. I, too, am glad that I was not the ...Thanks Daniel. I, too, am glad that I was not the only one that thought those scenes were <br />unintentionally humorous. I almost laughed at one point. I had forgotten about the poison that conveniently washes off in water. Yeah, that could have been better.<br /><br />-James <br /> <br />-JamesJames the Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165238905288033483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-36880563348807829132013-12-12T20:30:03.732-05:002013-12-12T20:30:03.732-05:00Thanks Stillwater. For me, there is a fine line be...Thanks Stillwater. For me, there is a fine line between shaky cam adding intensity and making what is happening impossible, however Catching Fire's direction was superb! While not my favorite movie of the year, Catching Fire is definitely Top 5, and one of my new all-time favorites.<br /><br />-JamesJames the Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165238905288033483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-60225140483527655432013-12-12T20:28:20.571-05:002013-12-12T20:28:20.571-05:00Thanks Jamie!
True, it was done SO much better th...Thanks Jamie!<br /><br />True, it was done SO much better than the few I have seen. Some parts worked and others didn't for me. <br /><br />Finnick surprised me by how much I liked him by the end of the movie, Johanna was the best!<br /><br />DOWN WITH SHAKY CAM!<br /><br />-JamesJames the Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165238905288033483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-40912790590309255372013-12-12T20:24:57.815-05:002013-12-12T20:24:57.815-05:00Ah, you nailed it as to why the character deaths a...Ah, you nailed it as to why the character deaths are not impactful. None of the characters that died had more than a few scenes, kind of like Rue from the first HG movie. <br />Again, I agree with you about Katniss' love triangle, at least they have made her a little more decisive. <br />Okay, cool, glad to hear it ended similar to the book; it was a very shocking and worked a lot better than most abrupt endings. My friend told me a little about the District 13 references, and it would have been interesting to have more of those parts in the film.<br /><br />-James James the Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165238905288033483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-66397816553879860112013-12-12T20:18:54.167-05:002013-12-12T20:18:54.167-05:00I am with you on not liking the first Hunger Games...I am with you on not liking the first Hunger Games, however Catching Fire shocked me actually. But renting is definitely the best avenue if you are not sold on it yet.<br /><br />-JamesJames the Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165238905288033483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-13041423195279045332013-12-12T14:00:48.906-05:002013-12-12T14:00:48.906-05:00Good review James! I'm glad you liked this one...Good review James! I'm glad you liked this one so much more than the first. Typically, if I'm a fan of a book before it's made into a movie I'll always be able to find problems with it, but not in this case -- this may be the first movie to actually live up to my hopes and expectations! I agree with you about pretty much everything, one exception being the beginning being bloated, cause since it matches the book, I don't mind.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901639281043602191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-19468339043060545452013-12-10T21:56:16.888-05:002013-12-10T21:56:16.888-05:00I am glad to hear it is better than the overrated ...I am glad to hear it is better than the overrated Hunger Games. I will think about it one day to see it or will be the last movie I see before next year.Filmguruladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09602597616319541191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-71539715930387353952013-12-10T20:36:47.727-05:002013-12-10T20:36:47.727-05:00Excellent rundown as usual. I'm glad I wasn&#...Excellent rundown as usual. I'm glad I wasn't the only one that found certain scenes funny even if they weren't, another one that struck me was after they'd been poisoned and had to cure themselves in the water. A few bumps aside, it's an excellent follow up that fixes a lot of problems from the first.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999677394326327996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-36867214712444829072013-12-10T13:32:19.687-05:002013-12-10T13:32:19.687-05:00Great review. I thought Catching Fire was amazing....Great review. I thought Catching Fire was amazing. The shaky cam did not bother me too much since it heightened the feel and mood that the first movie intended to make; and since Catching Fire is on a much larger, more epic scale the shaky cam would not have worked. It is definitely the best film I have seen in theatres all year.Blue Raspberry Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13570595841304780513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-86351090599821690092013-12-10T12:17:48.870-05:002013-12-10T12:17:48.870-05:00Great review! I'm so glad you liked it a lot!
...Great review! I'm so glad you liked it a lot!<br /><br />I actually didn't mind the love triangle simply because it's just done a lot better than most I've seen *throws up on the closest Twilight DVD box set* *metaphorically speaking, I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT! ;p* The one thing I didn't like about it was that it was left open ended AGAIN and I had to form my own conclussions as to what I thought was going on but other than that it didn't bother me hardly at all.<br /><br />I don't think I even mentioned Finnick in my review; but that's because I didn't barely form an opinion of him. He was just kinda there and I eventually liked him but that's about all.<br /><br />AND THE SHAKY CAM IS GONE! Most appreciated improvement! :P<br /><br />~JamieJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17203554335912426375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-50892282909311351112013-12-10T10:57:28.074-05:002013-12-10T10:57:28.074-05:00Excellent review!! :D I agree, the film was defini...Excellent review!! :D I agree, the film was definitely a lot better than the first one(which was true with the second book as well). Glad you enjoyed the film :). Yes! I really liked Johanna and Finnick in the film as well! They were really cool in the book, they were perfectly done on screen. Yeah, one of the problems with THG trilogy is that a lot of the deaths aren't as impact-full since we don't get to know them as we do other characters. Your friend is right- some of the things that might be confusing in the film make more sense in the book.<br />And, yes, I agree, the love triangle was annoying! Yes, it wasn't as bad as others in fiction, but I still wish that, if they put romance in the story, there was just Katniss liking one person. <br />I hope you enjoy the Mockingjay films! That book was my second favorite of the trilogy and in that one, we really get a lot more world building and its a very different story from the first two(I think you'll like it).<br />The ending was actually pretty much exactly how it was in the book(from my recollection), though I could see some things about it being confusing if you hadn't read the book(like- SPOILERS- the comment on District 13, which is brought up several times in the book). Shena Tokalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657993823328581910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385233731099220276.post-57715728525790385232013-12-10T10:44:59.725-05:002013-12-10T10:44:59.725-05:00I am one of the few people who didn't like The...I am one of the few people who didn't like The Hunger Games, so while I'll wait to see Catching Fire, I'm glad to hear it's better than the first film.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16611922269342141654noreply@blogger.com